Germany is about to reach a deal to release 3 billion euros of Ukrainian military aid, as well as a broader range of measures to transform the country’s defense and infrastructure.
As Germany seeks to change its constitutional lending rules to increase its military spending, the authorization may be realized in the coming weeks. Additional funds this year will almost double the aid to 7 billion euros.
After earlier expressed concerns about the source of funds, outgoing Prime Minister Olaf Scholz is now preparing to sign a Ukrainian aid package on the Ukrainian aid package and plans to create more space for defense spending and build special infrastructure for infrastructure, according to government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit.
“In this regard, people have answered questions,” Hebestreit told reporters in a briefing in Berlin on Friday. “Next week, we will see how far the exploratory negotiations have been and how the German government views the plans for exploratory negotiations.”
Conservative leader Friedrich Merz is in talks with the Social Democrats in Scholz to create a new government and convince other centrist parties to free up unlimited defense spending through his plans. The brigade general has two weeks to approve the legislation before the new parliament is sworn in, which will make the move even more difficult.
The plan is due to severe legal challenges. Christian Wirth, a MP from Germany’s far-right alternative, said he filed a complaint with the federal constitutional court in Karlsruhe to stop the special session of the old Bundestag. Other cases are widely expected.
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